NPR 2011-09-12

 Today marks the 10th anniversary of the day when four hijacked¹ planes crashed in three places in the US. The remembrances began in New York, where the first and then the second plane crashed into the World Trade Center. President Obama was there this morning along with former President George W Bush. Relatives of those who died read their names aloud, some by children who barely remember their parents. Music was provided by choirs², James Taylor and Yo-Yo Ma. 

 

President Obama and the first lady later flew to the site of the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania to lay a wreath in the middle of a wall of names. NPR’s John Ydstie attended the ceremony. 

 

The President and Mrs. Obama walked down toward the site of the crash and observed that for a while quite solemnly and then they began to talk to some of the people along the fence line and the mood changed a bit and you could see the president smiling and shaking hands with members of the public. He then spent almost the better part of an hour shaking hands and talking to the families of the passengers and crew who decided³ to fight back and tried to take back control of Flight 93. 

 

NPR’s John Ydstie reporting from Shanksville, Pennsylvania

 

The President came back to Washington where he laid a wreath a short time ago to honor those who died when a Boeing 757 slammed into the Pentagon. Each of the 184 people is memorialized with a bench in a reflecting pool. 

 

Thousands of people in south central Pennsylvania continue to clean up as floodwaters from the Susquehanna River recede⁴. Craig Layne from member station WITF reports the Borough⁵ of Middletown was especially hard-hit. 

 

The swollen⁶ river and a nearby creek⁷ inundated⁸ entire blocks in this community of about 9,000 people. Mick Shrauder says floodwaters lifted his heating oil tank from its base, spilling the fuel into the murky⁹ water that filled his basement to the brim. 

 

“Oil’s floating everywhere on top of the water. It’s just, everything in the house reeks¹⁰ of oil, it’s a mess. We would have really weathered it pretty good. We are used to flooding and stuff going on down here, but when, you know, when the oil tank goes over, there is not much you can do about that, you know.”

 

Shrauder says the flooding brought out the best and worst in people. As neighbors helped each other with clean-up efforts, National Guard members earlier this weekend helped stop teenagers accused of looting homes in the flood zone. For NPR News, I’m Craig Layne in Middletown, Pennsylvania. 

 

Officials in central Texas told some residents they can return to their homes tomorrow a week after they were forced to flee a huge wildfire. The fire has burned more than 34,000 acres and destroyed more than 1,500 homes. 

 

This is NPR News from Washington.

 

British Prime Minister David Cameron goes to Moscow today, the first visit by a British leader to the Russian capital in six years. He’s to meet with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The visit is designed to increase business and trade opportunities to buoy¹¹ the stagnant¹² British economy. Cameron had made similar trips to India and China, prompting concerns from those who fear the United Kingdom will overlook the human rights records of new allies. 

 

Egypt’s military ruler will not appear at the trial of the former President Hosni Mubarak until later this month. NPR’s Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson reports his testimony¹³ was delayed because the ruling military council is still dealing¹⁴ with the international fallout from a mob attack on the Israeli embassy in Cairo over the weekend. 

 

Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi was to testify, but according to news reports, sent a note to the judge saying he couldn’t make it. If Tantawi does take the stand on September 24th, he will likely to be asked about who in the Egyptian government gave the orders to stop protesters at all costs. Prosecutors¹⁵ are trying to prove that Mubarak and his interior minister Habib Adly are linked to the police killing¹⁶ some 850 protesters during the uprising that ousted¹⁷ the men from power. If convicted, they could face the death penalty. Mubarak and Adly’s trial resumes Tuesday with former vice¹⁸ president and intelligence chief Omar Suleiman expected to testify, but the Egyptian interim¹⁹ government has banned coverage²⁰ of his testimony as it is doing with Tantawi. Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, NPR News, Cairo. 

 

The US Department of Agriculture said today that Cargill, Incorporated is recalling more ground turkey because a sample tested positive for salmonella. The same company recalled 36 million pounds of ground turkey last month.

1 hijacked   

劫持( hijack的过去式和过去分词 )； 绑架； 拦路抢劫； 操纵（会议等，以推销自己的意图）

参考例句：

• The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome. 飞机在从伦敦飞往罗马途中遭到两名持械男子劫持。
• The plane was hijacked soon after it took off. 那架飞机起飞后不久被劫持了。

2 choirs   

n.教堂的唱诗班( choir的名词复数 )；唱诗队；公开表演的合唱团；（教堂）唱经楼

参考例句：

• They ran the three churches to which they belonged, the clergy, the choirs and the parishioners. 她们管理着自己所属的那三家教堂、牧师、唱诗班和教区居民。 来自飘（部分）
• Since 1935, several village choirs skilled in this music have been created. 1935以来，数支熟练掌握这种音乐的乡村唱诗班相继建立起来。 来自互联网

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 recede   

vi.退(去)，渐渐远去；向后倾斜，缩进

参考例句：

• The colleges would recede in importance.大学的重要性会降低。
• He saw that the dirty water had begun to recede.他发现那污浊的水开始往下退了。

5 borough   

n.享有自治权的市镇；(英)自治市镇

参考例句：

• He was slated for borough president.他被提名做自治区主席。
• That's what happened to Harry Barritt of London's Bromley borough.住在伦敦的布罗姆利自治市的哈里.巴里特就经历了此事。

6 swollen   

adj.肿大的，水涨的；v.使变大，肿胀

参考例句：

• Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着，她的双腿已经肿了。
• A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她，她的手臂肿起来了。

7 creek   

n.小溪，小河，小湾

参考例句：

• He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

8 inundated   

v.淹没( inundate的过去式和过去分词 )；（洪水般地）涌来；充满；给予或交予（太多事物）使难以应付

参考例句：

• We have been inundated with offers of help. 主动援助多得使我们应接不暇。
• We have been inundated with every bit of information imaginable. 凡是想得到的各种各样的信息潮水般地向我们涌来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 murky   

adj.黑暗的，朦胧的；adv.阴暗地，混浊地；n.阴暗；昏暗

参考例句：

• She threw it into the river's murky depths.她把它扔进了混浊的河水深处。
• She had a decidedly murky past.她的历史背景令人捉摸不透。

10 reeks   

n.恶臭( reek的名词复数 )v.发出浓烈的臭气( reek的第三人称单数 )；散发臭气；发出难闻的气味 (of sth)；明显带有（令人不快或生疑的跡象）

参考例句：

• His statement reeks of hypocrisy. 他的话显然很虛伪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His manner reeks prosperity. 他的态度表现得好象有钱的样子。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

11 buoy   

n.浮标；救生圈；v.支持，鼓励

参考例句：

• The party did little to buoy up her spirits.这次聚会并没有让她振作多少。
• The buoy floated back and forth in the shallow water.这个浮标在浅水里漂来漂去。

12 stagnant   

adj.不流动的，停滞的，不景气的

参考例句：

• Due to low investment,industrial output has remained stagnant.由于投资少，工业生产一直停滞不前。
• Their national economy is stagnant.他们的国家经济停滞不前。

13 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

14 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

15 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

16 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

17 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

18 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

19 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

20 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。